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ELSEVIER  Optics Communications  223 (2003) 425-430 
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Author  index  to  volume  223 
Alam,  M.S.,  see  Cherri,  A.K.  223  (20032)5 5 
Allano,  D., see  Malek,  M.  223  (20032)6 3 
Alsous,  M.B.,  see  Sundar,  R.  223  (20031)5 7 
Arora,  V., see  Naik,  P.A.  223  (20031)3 7 
Arsenault,  H.H.,  see  Garcia-Martinez,  P.  223  (20032)7 3 
Audouard,  E., see  Huot,  N.  223  (20033)8 9 
Barnett,  S.M.,  see  Wei,  H.  223  (2003)  117 
Belousova,  I.M.,  N.G.  Mironova  and  M.S.  Yur’ev,  Theoretical  investigation  of 
stimulated  scattering  mechanism  in fullerene-containing  media  223  (2003)  201 
Bielawski,  S., see  Joly, N.  223  (2003)  181 
Bolognini,  N., see  Salazar,  A.  223  (2003)  1 
Boltasseva,  A., see  Bozhevolnyi,  S.I.  223  (2003)  25 
Bozhevolnyi,  S.I.,  V.S.  Volkov,  A.  Boltasseva  and  K.  Leosson,  Local  excitation  of 
surface  plasmon  polaritons  in random  surface  nanostructures  223  (2003)  25 
Cao,  Z., see  Liu, Y.  223  (2003)  39 
Chembo  Kouomou,  Y.  and  P.  Woafo,  Cluster  synchronization  in  coupled  chaotic 
semiconductor  lasers  and  application  to switching  in chaos-secured  communication 
networks  223  (20032)8 3 
Chen,  Y.F.,  see  Chen,  Y.H.  223  (20034)1 7 
Chen,  Y.H.,  F.C.  Fan,  Y.Y.  Lin,  Y.C.  Huang,  J.T.  Shy,  Y.P.  Lan  and  Y.F.  Chen, 
Simultaneous  amplitude  modulation  and  wavelength  conversion  in an  asymmetric- 
duty-cycle  periodically  poled  lithium  niobate  223  (20034)1 7 
Cherri,  A.K.  and  M.S.  Alam,  Accurate  measurement  of small  Gaussian  laser  beam 
diameters  using various  rulings  223  (20032)5 5 
Chow,  C.W.,  C.S.  Wong  and  H.K.  Tsang,  All-optical  RZ  to  NRZ  data  format  and 
wavelength  conversion  using an  injection  locked  laser  223  (20033)0 9 
Coétmellec,  S., see  Malek,  M.  223  (20032)6 3 
Courtial,  J., see  Watterson,  C.M.G.  223  (2003)  17 
Courtial,  J., see  Wei,  H.  223  (20031)1 7 
Dechoum,  K., see  Olsen,  M.K.  223  (20031)2 3 
Deguchi,  T., see  Matsuse,  M.  223  (20034)1 1 
De  La Rue,  R.M.,  see  Pottier,  P.  223  (20033)3 9 
de Seze,  F., V.  Lavielle,  I. Lorgeré  and  J.-L.  Le Gouét,  Chirped  pulse generation  of a 
narrow  absorption  line in  a Tm**:YAG  crystal  223  (20033)2 1 
Deming,  L., see  Lirong,  H.  223  (2003)  295 
Derozier,  D., see  Joly, N.  223  (2003)  181 
doi:10.1016/S0030-4018(03)01745-0
426  Author  index to volume 223 
Dexiu,  H., see  Lirong,  H.  223  (2003)  295 
Dinish,  U.S.,  L.K.  Seah,  V.M.  Murukeshan  and  L.S.  Ong,  Theoretical  analysis  of 
phase-resolved  fluorescence  emission  from  fingerprint  samples  223  (2003)  55 
Dong,  B., see  Gao,  Y.  223  (2003)  103 
Dorren,  H.J.S.,  see  Yang,  X.  223  (2003)  169 
Dvornikov,  A.S.,  see  Liang,  Y.  223  (2003)  61 
Eremin,  Y. and T. Wriedt,  Analysis  of evanescent  waves  conversion  by a non-spherical 
particle  near  a metal-coated  glass prism via discrete  sources  method  223  (2003)  221 
Fan, J.-Y.,  H.-X.  Li and F.-Q. Wu, A study on  transmitted  intensity of disturbance  for 
air-spaced  Glan-type  polarizing  prisms  223  (2003)  11 
Fan,  F.C.,  see  Chen,  Y.H.  223  (2003)  417 
Fischer,  B., see  Gordon,  A.  223  (2003)  151 
Floridia,  C.,  M.L.  Sundheimer,  L.d.S.  Menezes  and  A.S.L.  Gomes,  Optimization  of 
spectrally  flat and  broadband  single-pump  fiber  optic parametric  amplifiers  223  (2003)  381 
Franke-Arnold,  S., see  Wei,  H.  223  (2003)  117 
Fu, P., see  Sun, J.  223  (2003)  187 
Fukuoka,  K., see  Ichikawa,  H.  223  (2003)  247 
223  (20033)6 7 
Gao,  J.-Y.,  see  Xu, W.-H. 
Gao,  Y., Y. Wang,  Y. Song,  Y. Li, S. Qu, H.  Liu,  B. Dong and J. Zu,  Strong  optical 
223  (20031)0 3 
limiting  property  of a novel  silver  nanoparticle  containing  C¢o derivative 
Garcia-Martinez,  P. and  H.H.  Arsenault,  Nonlinear  radial-harmonic  correlation  using 
223  (20032)7 3 
binary decomposition  for scale-invariant  pattern  recognition 
223  (20031)0 9 
Gaspar-Armenta,  J.A.,  see  Villa,  F. 
223  (20033)8 1 
Gomes,  A.S.L.,  see  Floridia,  C. 
223  (2003)  97 
Gong,  S.-q., see  Ma,  H.-m. 
Gordon,  A.  and  B.  Fischer,  Phase  transition  theory  of pulse  formation  in passively 
mode-locked  lasers  with  dispersion  and  Kerr  nonlinearity  223  (2003)  151 
Gupta,  P.D.,  see  Raghuramaiah,  M.  223  (2003)  163 
Gupta,  P.D.,  see  Naik,  P.A.  223  (2003)  137 
Hirakawa,  Y., see  Matsuse,  M.  223  (2003)  411 
Huang,  Y.C.,  see  Chen,  Y.H.  223  (2003)  417 
Huot,  N., E. Audouard  and  P. Laporte,  Two-dimensional  time-resolved  modelling  of 
223  (20033)8 9 
copper  HyBrID  laser  beam  quality 
Hwang,  H.-E.,  Approximately  analytical  optimization  of  the  fractional  Fourier 
223  (2003)  47 
transform  for the free-space  Fresnel  diffraction 
Ichikawa,  H. and K. Fukuoka,  Femtosecond  pulse shaping by a reflection  grating in the 
223  (20032)4 7 
resonance  domain 
223  (20034)1 1 
Imasaka,  T., see  Matsuse,  M. 
223  (20033)9 9 
Ito,  M., see  Ono,  H. 
223  (2003)  75 
Jian,  S., see  Wang,  M. 
Jiang,  Q., see  Sun,  J.  223  (2003)  187 
Jin, G.L.,  see  Liang,  B.M.  223  (2003)  195
Author index to volume 223 
Joly,  N.,  D.  Derozier,  I.  Razdobreev  and  S.  Bielawski,  Optical  time  division 
multiplexing:  a powerful  technique for experimental  investigations  of spatiotemporal 
dynamics  223  (2003)  181 
Jones,  J.D.C.,  see  MacPherson,  W.N.  223  (2003)  375 
Joshi,  R.A.,  see  Naik,  P.A.  223  (2003)  137 
Jungiang,  S., see  Lirong,  H.  223 (2003)  295 
Khoe,  G.D.,  see  Yang,  X.  223  (2003)  169 
Kim, H.S., Elimination  of a narrow  unstable  zone  inside  the stable  region of a two-rod 
223  (20031)4 3 
resonator  with  a thermal  birefringence  compensator 
223  (20033)7 5 
Knight,  J.C.,  see  MacPherson,  W.N. 
223  (20031)3 7 
Kumbhare,  S.R.,  see  Naik,  P.A. 
223  (20033)1 5 
Lai, P.-C.,  see  Lu, H.-H. 
223  (20034)1 7 
Lan,  Y.P.,  see  Chen,  Y.H. 
223  (20033)8 9 
Laporte,  P., see  Huot,  N. 
223  (20033)2 1 
Lavielle,  V., see  de Seze,  F. 
223  (20033)2 1 
Le Gouét,  J.-L.,  see  de Seze,  F. 
223  (20031)1 7 
Leach,  J., see  Wei,  H. 
223  (20032)6 3 
Lebrun,  D., see  Malek,  M. 
223  (2003)  67 
Lee,  S.-K.,  see  Lin, G.-R. 
223  (20031)6 9 
Lenstra,  D., see  Yang,  X. 
223  (2003)  25 
Leosson,  K., see  Bozhevolnyi,  S.I. 
223  (2003)  39 
Li, F., see  Liu, Y. 
223  (2003)  11 
Li, H.-X.,  see  Fan, J.-Y. 
223  (20031)9 5 
Li, Q., see  Liang,  B.M. 
223  (2003)  75 
Li, T., see  Wang,  M. 
223  (20031)0 3 
Li, Y., see  Gao,  Y. 
Liang,  B.M.,  G.J.  Liu,  Q. Li and  G.L.  Jin,  Coupled  mode  analysis  of the  nonlinear 
switching  in the couplers  with  variable  coupling  coefficient  223  (20031)9 5 
Liang,  Y.,  A.S.  Dvornikov  and  P.M.  Rentzepis,  A  novel  non-destructible  readout 
molecular  memory  223  (2003)  61 
Lin,  G.-R.  and  S.-K.  Lee,  A  feedback-injected  Fabry-Perot  laser  diode  filtering 
technique  for side-mode  suppression  and linewidth  reduction  of erbium-doped  fiber 
lasers  223  (2003)  67 
Lin, Y.Y.,  see  Chen,  Y.H.  223  (20034)1 7 
Lirong,  H., H.  Dexiu,  S. Jungiang  and  L. Deming,  Spectral  broadening  of ultrashort 
optical  pulse due to birefringence  in semiconductor  optical  amplifiers  223  (20032)9 5 
Liu, C.-p.,  see  Ma,  H.-m.  223  (2003)  97 
Liu, G.J.,  see  Liang,  B.M.  223  (2003)  195 
Liu,  H., see  Gao,  Y.  223  (2003)  103 
Liu, Y., Z. Lu, Z. Ren,  F. Li and Z. Cao, Perfectly matched  layer absorbing  boundary 
conditions  in  rigorous  vector  analysis  of  axially  symmetric  diffractive  optical 
elements  223  (2003)  39 
Lorgeré,  I., see  de Seze,  F.  223  (2003)  321 
Lu,  H.-H.,  W.-J.  Wang  and  P.-C.  Lai,  A  hybrid  CATV/256-QAM/OC-192  WDM 
transport  system  using SMF  and  RDF  combination  223  (2003)  315 
Lu, Z., see  Liu, Y.  223  (2003)  39
428  Author  index to volume 223 
Ma,  H.-m.,  S.-q.  Gong,  C.-p.  Liu,  Z.-r.  Sun  and  Z.-z.  Xu,  Effects  of spontaneous 
emission-induced  coherence  on  population  inversion  in a ladder-type  atomic  system  223  (2003)  97 
MacPherson,  W.N.,  J.D.C.  Jones,  B.J.  Mangan,  J.C.  Knight and P.St.J.  Russell,  Two- 
core  photonic  crystal  fibre  for Doppler  difference  velocimetry  223  (2003)  375 
Malek,  M.,  S.  Coétmellec,  D.  Allano  and  D.  Lebrun,  Formulation  of  in-line 
holography  process  by  a  linear  shift  invariant  system:  application  to  the 
measurement  of fiber  diameter  223  (2003)  263 
Mangan,  B.J.,  see  MacPherson,  W.N.  223  (2003)  375 
Martinez,  A., R. Rodriguez-Vera,  J.A.  Rayas and H.J.  Puga, Error in the measurement 
due  to  the  divergence  of  the  object  illumination  wavefront  for  in-plane  inter- 
ferometers  223  (2003)  239 
Matsuse,  M.,  T.  Deguchi,  H.  Ohtsuka,  N.  Takeyasu,  Y.  Hirakawa  and  T.  Imasaka, 
Effect  of  laser  pulsewidth  on  the  generation  of  multi-color  laser  emission  by 
stimulated  Raman  scattering  and four-wave  Raman  mixing in  a KGd(WO,),  crystal  223  (20034)1 1 
Menezes,  L.d.S.,  see  Floridia,  C.  223  (20033)8 1 
Mi, X., see  Sun,  J.  223  (20031)8 7 
Ming,  N.-b.,  see  Xu,  G.-d.  223  (20032)1 1 
Mironova,  N.G.,  see  Belousova,  I.M.  223  (20032)0 1 
Murukeshan,  V.M.,  see  Dinish,  U.S.  223  (2003)  55 
Naik,  P.A.,  see  Raghuramaiah,  M.  223  (20031)6 3 
Naik,  P.A.,  S.R.  Kumbhare,  V. Arora,  R.A.  Joshi  and  P.D.  Gupta,  A new  technique 
for obtaining  uniform  intensity  line  focus  of Gaussian  laser  beams  223  (20031)3 7 
Nathan,  T.P.S.,  see  Sundar,  R.  223  (20031)5 7 
New,  G.H.C.,  see  Tsangaris,  C.L.  223  (20032)3 3 
Ntakis,  I., see  Pottier,  P.  223  (20033)3 9 
Ohtsuka,  H., see  Matsuse,  M.  223  (20034)1 1 
Olsen,  M.K.,  K.  Dechoum  and  L.I.  Plimak,  Degenerate  intracavity  parametric 
processes  with  injected  signal  223  (2003)  123 
Ong,  L.S.,  see  Dinish,  U.S.  223  (2003)  55 
Ono,  H. and  M.  Ito, Characteristics  of all-optical  switching  properties  in a guest—host 
liquid  crystal  Fabry—Perot  device  223  (2003)  399 
Osgood  Jr., R.M.,  see  Panoiu,  N.C.  223  (2003)  331 
Padgett,  M.J.,  see  Watterson,  C.M.G.  223  (2003)  17 
Padgett,  M.J.,  see  Wei,  H.  223  (2003)  117 
Panoiu,  N.C.  and  R.M.  Osgood  Jr.,  Numerical  investigation  of negative  refractive 
index  metamaterials  at infrared  and  optical  frequencies  223  (2003)  331 
Plimak,  L.I.,  see  Olsen,  M.K.  223  (2003)  123 
Pottier,  P., I. Ntakis  and  R.M.  De La Rue,  Photonic  crystal continuous  taper for low- 
loss direct  coupling  into 2D photonic crystal channel  waveguides  and  further  device 
functionality  223  (2003)  339 
Praxmeyer,  L. and  K.  Wodkiewicz,  Quantum  interference  in the  Kirkwood—Rihaczek 
representation  223  (2003)  349 
Puga,  H.J.,  see  Martinez,  A.  223  (2003)  239 
Qu, S., see  Gao,  Y.  223  (2003)  103
Author  index  to volume 223 
Raghuramaiah,  M.,  A.K.  Sharma,  P.A.  Naik  and  P.D.  Gupta,  Simultaneous 
measurement  of pulse-front  tilt and  pulse duration  of a femtosecond  laser  beam  223  (20031)6 3 
Ranganathan,  K., see  Sundar,  R.  223  (20031)5 7 
Rayas,  J.A.,  see  Martinez,  A.  223  (20032)3 9 
Razdobreev,  I., see  Joly, N.  223  (20031)8 1 
men,  2; s6¢  Lim,  Y.  223  (2003)  39 
Rentzepis,  P.M.,  see  Liang,  Y.  223  (2003)  61 
Rodriguez-Vera,  R., see  Martinez,  A.  223  (20032)3 9 
Rogel-Salazar,  J., see  Tsangaris,  C.L.  223  (20032)3 3 
Roux,  F.S.,  Optical  vortex  density  limitation  223  (2003)  31 
Russell,  P.St.J.,  see  MacPherson,  W.N.  223  (20033)7 5 
Salazar,  A.,  M.  Tebaldi  and  N.  Bolognini,  Analysis  of high  frequency  modulated 
speckle  in a BSO  crystal  (2003)  1 
Seah,  L.K.,  see  Dinish,  U.S.  (2003)  55 
Sharma,  A.K.,  see  Raghuramaiah,  M.  (2003)  163 
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ony, J.1.,  se  Chen,  Y.H.  (2003)  417 
Smith,  P.W.E.,  see  Sun,  Y.  (2 003)  91 
Song,  Y., see  Gao,  Y.  (2 003)  103 
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Sun,  J., Q. Jiang,  Z.  Yu,  X.  Mi  and  P.  Fu,  Field-correlation  effects  in Rayleigh-type 
nondegenerate  four-wave  mixing:  suppression  of thermal  background  223  (2003)  187 
Sun, Y., T. Szkopek and P.W.E.  Smith,  Demonstration  of narrowband  high-reflectivity 
Bragg  gratings  in a novel  multimode  fiber 
Sun, Z.-r.,  see  Ma,  H.-m. 
Sundar,  R.,  B.N.  Upadhyaya,  M.B.  Alsous,  K.  Ranganathan  and  T.P.S.  Nathan,  A 
novel  technique  to  generate  orthogonal  polarizations  in  Q-switched  solid-state 
lasers  223  (2003)  157 
Sundheimer,  M.L.,  see  Floridia,  C.  223  (2003)  381 
Szkopek,  T., see  Sun,  Y.  223  (2003)  91 
Takeyasu,  N., see  Matsuse,  M.  223  (2003)  411 
Tebaldi,  M., see  Salazar,  A.  223  (2003)  1 
Tsai,  H.-C.,  Impact  of electromagnetic  radiation  induced  by conducting  wire  antenna 
on  optical  fiber  communication  systems  223  (2003)  81 
Tsang,  H.K.,  see  Chow,  C.W.  223  (20033)0 9 
Tsangaris,  C.L.,  G.H.C.  New  and  J. Rogel-Salazar,  Unstable  Bessel  beam  resonator  223  (20032)3 3 
Upadhyaya,  B.N.,  see  Sundar,  R.  223  (20031)5 7 
Villa,  F. and  J.A.  Gaspar-Armenta,  Electromagnetic  surface  waves:  photonic  crystal— 
photonic  crystal  interface  223  (20031)0 9 
Volkov,  V.S.,  see  Bozhevolnyi,  S.I.  225  (2003)  23 
Wang,  J., see  Zhang,  M.  223  (2003)  301 
Wang,  L., see  Zhang,  M.  223  (2003)  301 
Wang,  M., T. Li and S. Jian, Analytical  theory of pulse broadening due to polarization 
mode  dispersion  and  polarization-dependent  loss 
Wang,  W.-J.,  see  Lu,  H.-H.
430  Author index to volume 223 
Wang,  Y., see  Gao,  Y.  223  (2003)  103 
Watterson,  C.M.G.,  M.J.  Padgett  and  J.  Courtial,  Classic-fractal  eigenmodes  of 
unstable  canonical  resonators  223  (2003)  17 
Wei,  H., X. Xue, J. Leach,  M.J.  Padgett,  S.M.  Barnett,  S. Franke-Arnold,  E. Yao  and 
J.  Courtial,  Simplified  measurement  of the  orbital  angular  momentum  of single 
photons  223  (20031)1 7 
Woafo,  P., see  Chembo  Kouomou,  Y.  223  (20032)8 3 
Wodkiewicz,  K., see  Praxmeyer,  L.  223  (20033)4 9 
Wong,  C.S.,  see  Chow,  C.W.  223  (20033)0 9 
Wriedt,  T., see  Eremin,  Y.  223  (20032)2 1 
Wu,  F.-Q.,  see  Fan,  J.-Y.  223  (2003)  11 
Wu, J.-H.,  see  Xu, W.-H.  223  (20033)6 7 
Xu,  G.-d.,  Y.-y.  Zhu,  S.-n.  Zhu  and  N.-b.  Ming,  Simultaneous  generation  of efficient 
three-primary-colors  by using focused  Gaussian  beams  in an  optical  superlattice  223  (2003)  211 
Xu, W.-H., J.-H.  Wu and J.-Y.  Gao, Phase-dependent  properties in  a microwave-driven 
V system:  gain without  population  inversion  and  narrow  resonances  223  (2003)  367 
Xu, Z.-z.,  see  Ma,  H.-m.  223  (2003)  97 
Xue,  X., see  Wei,  H.  223  (2003)  117 
Yang,  X., D.  Lenstra,  G.D.  Khoe  and  H.J.S.  Dorren,  Nonlinear  polarization  rotation 
induced  by ultrashort  optical  pulses  in a semiconductor  optical  amplifier  223  (2003)  169 
Yao,  E., see  Wei,  H.  223  (2003)  117 
Ye, P., see  Zhang,  M.  223  (2003)  301 
Yu, Z., see  Sun, J.  223  (2003)  187 
Yur’ev,  M.S.,  see  Belousova,  I.M.  223  (2003)  201 
Zhang,  M.,  Y. Zhao,  L. Wang,  J. Wang and  P. Ye, Design  and  analysis  of all-optical 
XOR  gate  using SOA-based  Mach—Zehnder  interferometer  223  (2003)  301 
Zhao,  Y., see  Zhang,  M.  223  (2003)  301 
Zhu,  S.-n.,  see  Xu, G.-d.  223  (2003)  211 
Zhu,  Y.-y.,  see  Xu, G.-d.  223  (2003)  211 
Zu, J., see  Gao,  Y.  223  (2003)  103
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Subject  index  to  volume  223 
Propagation  and scattering 
A.  Salazar,  M.  Tebaldi  and  N.  Bolognini,  Analysis  of  high  frequency  modulated 
speckle  in a BSO  crystal 
J.-Y.  Fan,  H.-X.  Li and F.-Q. Wu, A study on  transmitted  intensity  of disturbance  for 
air-spaced  Glan-type  polarizing  prisms 
C.M.G.  Watterson,  M.J.  Padgett  and  J.  Courtial,  Classic-fractal  eigenmodes  of 
unstable  canonical  resonators 
S.I.  Bozhevolnyi,  V.S.  Volkov,  A.  Boltasseva  and  K.  Leosson,  Local  excitation  of 
surface  plasmon  polaritons  in random  surface  nanostructures 
F.S.  Roux,  Optical  vortex  density  limitation 
Y. Liu, Z. Lu, Z. Ren,  F. Li and Z. Cao,  Perfectly  matched  layer absorbing  boundary 
conditions  in  rigorous  vector  analysis  of  axially  symmetric  diffractive  optical 
elements 
Y. Eremin  and T. Wriedt,  Analysis  of evanescent  waves  conversion  by a non-spherical 
particle  near  a metal-coated  glass prism via discrete  sources  method 
C.L.  Tsangaris,  G.H.C.  New  and  J. Rogel-Salazar,  Unstable  Bessel  beam  resonator 
A. Martinez,  R. Rodriguez-Vera,  J.A.  Rayas and H.J.  Puga, Error in the measurement 
due  to  the  divergence  of  the  object  illumination  wavefront  for  in-plane 
interferometers 
H. Ichikawa  and K. Fukuoka,  Femtosecond  pulse shaping by a reflection  grating in the 
resonance  domain 
A.K.  Cherri  and  M.S.  Alam,  Accurate  measurement  of small  Gaussian  laser  beam 
diameters  using various  rulings 
Optical information,  image formation  and analysis,  optical computing 
H.-E.  Hwang,  Approximately  analytical  optimization  of  the  fractional  Fourier 
transform  for the free-space  Fresnel  diffraction 
U.S.  Dinish,  L.K.  Seah,  V.M.  Murukeshan  and  L.S.  Ong,  Theoretical  analysis  of 
phase-resolved  fluorescence  emission  from  fingerprint  samples 
Y.  Liang,  A.S.  Dvornikov  and  P.M.  Rentzepis,  A  novel  non-destructible  readout 
molecular  memory 
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432  Subject index  to volume 223 
M. Malek,  S. Coétmellec,  D. Allano and D. Lebrun,  Formulation  of in-line holography 
process  by a linear  shift  invariant  system:  application  to  the  measurement  of fiber 
diameter 
P. Garcia-Martinez  and  H.H.  Arsenault,  Nonlinear  radial-harmonic  correlation  using 
binary decomposition  for scale-invariant  pattern  recognition 
Optical communications 
G.-R.  Lin  and  S.-K.  Lee,  A  feedback-injected  Fabry-Perot  laser  diode  filtering 
technique  for side-mode  suppression  and linewidth  reduction  of erbium-doped  fiber 
lasers 
M. Wang, T. Li and S. Jian, Analytical  theory of pulse broadening  due to polarization 
mode  dispersion  and  polarization-dependent  loss 
H.-C.  Tsai, Impact of electromagnetic radiation induced  by conducting wire antenna  on 
optical  fiber communication  systems 
Y. Sun, T. Szkopek  and P.W.E.  Smith,  Demonstration  of narrowband  high-reflectivity 
Bragg gratings  in a novel  multimode  fiber 
Y.  Chembo  Kouomou  and  P.  Woafo,  Cluster  synchronization  in  coupled  chaotic 
semiconductor  lasers  and  application  to switching  in chaos-secured  communication 
networks 
H.  Lirong,  H.  Dexiu,  S. Jungiang  and  L.  Deming,  Spectral  broadening  of ultrashort 
optical  pulse due  to birefringence  in semiconductor  optical  amplifiers 
M.  Zhang,  Y. Zhao,  L. Wang,  J. Wang  and  P. Ye, Design  and  analysis  of all-optical 
XOR  gate using SOA-based  Mach—Zehnder  interferometer 
C.W.  Chow,  C.S.  Wong  and  H.K.  Tsang,  All-optical  RZ  to  NRZ  data  format  and 
wavelength  conversion  using an  injection  locked  laser 
H.-H.  Lu,  W.-J.  Wang  and  P.-C.  Lai,  A  hybrid  CATV/256-QAM/OC-192  WDM 
transport  system  using SMF  and  RDF  combination 
Atomic  and molecular physics 
H.-m.  Ma,  S.-q.  Gong,  C.-p.  Liu,  Z.-r.  Sun  and  Z.-z.  Xu,  Effects  of spontaneous 
emission-induced  coherence  on  population  inversion  in a ladder-type  atomic  system 
Y. Gao,  Y. Wang,  Y. Song,  Y. Li, S. Qu, H.  Liu,  B. Dong  and  J. Zu,  Strong  optical 
limiting  property  of a novel  silver  nanoparticle  containing  C¢o derivative 
F. de Seze,  V.  Lavielle,  I. Lorgeré  and  J.-L.  Le Gouét,  Chirped  pulse generation  of a 
narrow  absorption  line in  a Tm**:YAG  crystal 
Condensed matter 
F.  Villa  and  J.A.  Gaspar-Armenta,  Electromagnetic  surface  waves:  photonic  crystal— 
photonic  crystal  interface
Subject index  to volume 223 
N.C.  Panoiu and R.M.  Osgood Jr., Numerical  investigation  of negative refractive  index 
metamaterials  at infrared  and  optical  frequencies 
P. Pottier,  I. Ntakis  and  R.M.  De  La Rue,  Photonic  crystal  continuous  taper for low- 
loss direct  coupling  into 2D photonic  crystal channel  waveguides  and  further  device 
functionality 
Quantum  optics 
H. Wei,  X. Xue,  J. Leach,  M.J.  Padgett,  S.M.  Barnett,  S. Franke-Arnold,  E. Yao  and 
J.  Courtial,  Simplified  measurement  of the  orbital  angular  momentum  of single 
photons 
M.K.  Olsen,  K.  Dechoum  and  L.I.  Plimak,  Degenerate  intracavity  parametric 
processes  with  injected  signal 
L.  Praxmeyer  and  K.  Wodkiewicz,  Quantum  interference  in the  Kirkwood—Rihaczek 
representation 
W.-H.  Xu, J.-H.  Wu and J.-Y.  Gao, Phase-dependent  properties in a microwave-driven 
V system:  gain without  population  inversion  and  narrow  resonances 
Laser physics  and laser  sources 
P.A.  Naik, S.R.  Kumbhare,  V. Arora,  R.A. Joshi and P.D. Gupta, A new  technique for 
obtaining  uniform  intensity  line  focus  of Gaussian  laser  beams 
H.S.  Kim,  Elimination  of a narrow  unstable  zone  inside  the stable  region of a two-rod 
resonator  with  a thermal  birefringence  compensator 
A.  Gordon  and  B.  Fischer,  Phase  transition  theory  of pulse  formation  in passively 
mode-locked  lasers  with  dispersion  and  Kerr  nonlinearity 
R.  Sundar,  B.N.  Upadhyaya,  M.B.  Alsous,  K.  Ranganathan  and  T.P.S.  Nathan,  A 
novel  technique  to  generate  orthogonal  polarizations  in  Q-switched  solid-state 
lasers 
M.  Raghuramaiah,  A.K.  Sharma,  P.A.  Naik  and  P.D.  Gupta,  Simultaneous 
measurement  of pulse-front  tilt and  pulse duration  of a femtosecond  laser  beam 
X. Yang,  D.  Lenstra,  G.D.  Khoe  and  H.J.S.  Dorren,  Nonlinear  polarization  rotation 
induced  by ultrashort  optical  pulses  in a semiconductor  optical  amplifier 
W.N.  MacPherson,  J.D.C.  Jones,  B.J.  Mangan,  J.C.  Knight  and  P.St.J.  Russell,  Two- 
core  photonic  crystal  fibre  for Doppler  difference  velocimetry 
C.  Floridia,  M.L.  Sundheimer,  L.d.S.  Menezes  and  A.S.L.  Gomes,  Optimization  of 
spectrally  flat and  broadband  single-pump  fiber  optic parametric  amplifiers 
N.  Huot,  E. Audouard  and  P.  Laporte,  Two-dimensional  time-resolved  modelling  of 
copper  HyBrID  laser  beam  quality
434  Subject index  to volume 223 
Nonlinear  optics 
N.  Joly,  D.  Derozier,  I.  Razdobreev  and  S.  Bielawski,  Optical  time  division 
multiplexing:  a powerful technique for experimental investigations  of spatiotemporal 
dynamics 
J. Sun,  Q. Jiang,  Z.  Yu,  X.  Mi  and  P.  Fu,  Field-correlation  effects  in Rayleigh-type 
nondegenerate  four-wave  mixing:  suppression  of thermal  background 
B.M.  Liang,  G.J.  Liu,  Q. Li and  G.L.  Jin,  Coupled  mode  analysis  of the  nonlinear 
switching  in the couplers  with variable  coupling  coefficient 
I.M.  Belousova,  N.G.  Mironova  and  M.S.  Yur’ev,  Theoretical  investigation  of 
stimulated  scattering  mechanism  in fullerene-containing  media 
G.-d.  Xu,  Y.-y.  Zhu,  S.-n.  Zhu  and  N.-b.  Ming,  Simultaneous  generation  of efficient 
three-primary-colors  by using focused  Gaussian  beams  in an  optical  superlattice 
H. Ono  and  M.  Ito, Characteristics  of all-optical  switching  properties  in a guest—host 
liquid crystal  Fabry—Perot  device 
M.  Matsuse,  T.  Deguchi,  H.  Ohtsuka,  N.  Takeyasu,  Y.  Hirakawa  and  T.  Imasaka, 
Effect  of  laser  pulsewidth  on  the  generation  of  multi-color  laser  emission  by 
stimulated  Raman  scattering and four-wave  Raman mixing in  a KGd(WOQ,g,)>  crystal 
Y.H.  Chen,  F.C.  Fan,  Y.Y.  Lin,  Y.C.  Huang,  J.T.  Shy,  Y.P.  Lan  and  Y.F.  Chen, 
Simultaneous  amplitude  modulation  and  wavelength  conversion  in an  asymmetric- 
duty-cycle  periodically  poled  lithium  niobate 
Erratum 
J.  Atai  and  B.A.  Malomed,  Erratum  to:  “Stability  and  interactions  of solitons  in 
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